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The 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42%. O'Hara's percentage of the vote was more than double Ross Perot's statewide total of 5.84% in the 1996 presidential election. His percentage was also the highest percentage for a Reform candidate in a U.S. Senate election.
Major candidates
[edit]Reform
[edit]- Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate
Republican
[edit]- Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[1] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Thad Cochran (incumbent) | 533,269 | 84.58% | ||
Reform | Shawn O'Hara | 97,226 | 15.42% | ||
Majority | 436,043 | 69.16% | |||
Turnout | 630,495 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Wilkinson (Largest city: Centreville)
- Claiborne (largest municipality: Port Gibson)
- Holmes (Largest city: Durant)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".